A California community is reeling after a Nazi symbol was found placed on a local high school's football field this week.

Police are still searching for the culprits responsible for placing a swastika on El Camino High School's football field in South San Francisco.

It's not yet clear whether the act of vandalism was a crude joke or perhaps a more serious anti-Semitic statement.

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Shocking: A giant swastika symbol was discovered on the El Camino High School football field in South San Francisco, California on Monday

At large: Police believe the symbol was constructed on the field using snap-together tiles used for the school's graduation ceremony on Friday. They continue to search for the culprits

Local Jewish woman Robin Braun Belinsky was one of the first to notice the shocking image Monday evening, as she was driving past the high school. She told NBC Bay Area that the symbol brought back traumatic memories of being bullied for her faith growing up.

'It's really sad that this still continues to happen,' Belinsky, a stay-at-home mom who grew up in nearby Pacifica, said.

She took pictures and video of the approximately 10-yard-wide symbol in the center of the field to show others in her community.

'The Peninsula has been a very accepting community, but these types of incidents need to be brought to the public’s attention,' she told SF Gate. 'Hate still happens.'

Anti-Semitic: Local Jewish woman Robin Braun Belinsky (pictured) was one of the first to notice the offensive Nazi symbol vandalized on the field on Monday

School's out: Above, the entrance to El Camino High School. The vandalism to the school's football field happened while the school was closed for summer break

As soon as school officials were informed of the symbol, they took it down. They said the vandals used snap-together tiles placed on the field for Friday's graduation ceremony to create the swastika and that it left no permanent damage to the field.

'It’s really dispiriting and disturbing for something like that to happen,' El Camino High School Assistant Principal Gary Gooch told SF Gate. 'We’ve got a great group of kids here, and it just really puts a damper on things.'

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'It kind of boggles the mind that someone would do that. You hope it’s someone who has no idea what that means,' he added.

Police believe that the vandals likely created the symbol Sunday night. A local woman whose backyard backs up to the field told NBC that she heard a group of people out on the field Sunday night. Classes at El Camino ended May 28 and the school's field was scheduled to be closed until June 7.

Anyone with information on the vandalism is being asked to call the South San Francisco Police Department at 650-877-8900.